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Dispensary Sys
Pass
Political Football Meets Deai
Spectacular Career?Man
Past Twenty
The State.
The question of the abolition of the
whiske.. traffic in South Carolina began
to be agitated soon after the re- j
clenii :ion of the state under Gen.!
Hampton in 1876, but this early agi- j
tation was for local option in a few '
scattered counties. Special acts of!
the general assembly were introduced
and passed permitting "wet" and 'dry" j
elections for Anderson, Orangeburg J
Laurens and other counties. The contest
between the prohibitionists and
license men in some of these counties
was heated. In none of them whicn j
succeeded in voting out the licensed !
I
saloons was prohibition successfully
enforced in those days and after a fewyears
most of them returned to t'-ie
licensed saloon system.
In the legislature of 1S90 a bill for
statewide prohibition,, introduced by
the late L. D. Childs of Richland county,
developed great strength and narrowly
failed of passage. This was the
period of intense factional division between
the "Tillmanites" and the "antiTillmanites"
and both factions included
numbers of men on both sides of
the liquor question. Neither faction,
as such, was willing to take a stand
on either side of the question. In 1892
when the contest for governor was
between B. R. (Tillman and John C.
Sheppara, the state Democratic executive
committee consented that in each
precinct a separate box should be
placed in which the people at the primary
election might vote as between
prohibition and licensed saloons. The
total vote cast for governor at this
election was a little less than 88,000
and the vote on the whiskey question
totaled a little more than 70,000. The
rvmhihitirmists won in the referendum j
fc7 about 10,000, the tvote for license being
about 30,000 and that for prohibition
about 40,000. When the result became
known it was taken for granted
that the legislature would enact the
Childs bill or one similar to it. Mr.
Childs did not return to the legislature
and the new prohibition bill was
introduced by Mr. Roper, when the
legislature met in November. Tne Tillmanites
or "Reformers" had overwhelming
majorities in both houses.
The leaders of their faction were afraid |
l of prohiibtion. They apprehended that |
it might, if enacted, cause an increase J
of taxation and in other ways divide
the Tillman forces. The Roper bill *
was, however, promptly passed by the
house. In the senate a number of
bills bearing on the whiskey traffic
were introduced and at one time it
seemed as though the subject would
be so confused in that body that no
legislation would result, irov. Human
already had taken the position
that the profits of the saloons, which
hitherto had j gone entirely into the
town treasuries, should be divided
with the counties, so that the rural
sections might share in them. lY'arlboro
county at this time was dry,
as it had been since* a day preceding
the War Between the Sections, and
there may have been one or two other
dry counties.
Gothenburg System.
As the end of the session of the
general assembly approached the dis
^ pensary bill was introduced by Sena%\
tory John Gary Evans, then of Aiken. .
f The dispensary system, modeled upon
the Gothenburg system of Norway, was
already in operation in Athens Ga. T.
Larry Gantt, then editor of the Columbia
Register, nad lately come to South '
H Carolina from Athens and it was said
m mt he suggested the Athens plan to
* JBl Tillman. At any rate Gov. Tillbecame
enamored of the scheme,
the bill was introduced in the
| one took it seriously except
?- . ' Kb y the inner councils of the Re ers,
but it was said ihat the Re
members of the general assemor
some of them, held a caucus
decided that it should be enactea. j;
I I measure came up in the senate
discussion at a time so close to
day fixed for adjournment that it
impracticable to ,giive it three
dings in both houses. The prohij^rTSion
bill already passed by the house ;
W had come over to the senate and the
f senate -dispensary .bill was then moved
as an amendment to it, only the title
toi the house bill being retained. After i
strenuous opposition and a filibuster
"by the seven anti-Tillmanite senators
.the bill was passed, three of those ;
J -aligned with the Reform faction voting ,
~ - xt ? TV
i against it. une ot tnese wree ?as u. |
E. Finley, senator from York and now
representative in congress. The new
law included the essential principles i
of the present dispensary system. It
was passed in December, 1892, and ;
took effect July 1, 189>3. It provided for
the establishment of a state wholesale
^ " dispensary and subdispensaries in all
the counties except Marlboro, which j
I
rtern \
es Into History\
Lh at Hands of People After\
y Changes in Law During
' five Years
the late Senator \V. D. Evans of that
county, by resolute efforts, succeeded!
in causing to be exempted.
Law Attacked.
The constitutionality of the law was
attacked in the state courts. Opposition
to the law was intense throughout
the state, but it was generally and
firmly supported by .Senator Tillman's!
faction, who were a decided majority
of the people. In the spring of 1S94 j
occurred the "Darlington war," as it!
was popularly called, which resulted
in the killing and wounding of three
or four men of both factions, resulting
in the proclamation by the governor
that t'ne counties of Darlington
and Florence were in a state of insurrection.
About a month later the j
supreme court of the state, then composed
of Justices Simpson, {McGowan
and Pope, declared the law Unconstitutional.
Mr. Pope dissented. For some
weeks following whiskey was retailed
freely without license as there was no
license law in existence and the dispensary
law had been held null and
\oid. In August the pensonnel of the
supreme court was changed, a new test j
case was brought an'd the former de- j
cision was reversed. The dispensary |
system was again in force. At the ses-1
sion of the legislature of 1893 and at {
subsequent sessions the law underwent
various changes, the essential
regulative methods of selling intoxi
cants being retained. In 1895 the constitutional
convention incorporated
the dispensary plan in the organic law
of the state in a clause which Senator
Tillman has said that he wrote.
The Downfail.
In 1905 the Brice law, introduced1
l
by Senator J. Steele Brice of York,
was enacted which permitted county
option as between dispensaries and j
prohibition, and very soon the dispensaries
were voted out of numbers of
counties, especially in the Piedmont
section. This was the beginning of
the downfall of the state dispensary.
In 1905 and 1906 an investigation oi
:he system was undertaken by a committee
of the legislature and it resulted
in unearthing far-reaching scandais
and frauds in the State's liquor businoec
ln-ncr oisnprfpd and allesretd. but
not hitherto proved. Endeavors were {
made to tighten the law and eliminate j
possibilities of fraud, but the legislature
did not succecl. In 1906 M. F.
Ansel of Greenville was elected governor
on an anti-State dispensary platform
and a general assembly in sympathy
with this idea was elected with
him. .The legislature in 1907 abolished
the state dispensary and substituted
the county dispensary system by
what is known as the "Carey-Coth;ran"
lav. In August, 1909, the 21 counties
having^'dispensaries, by order of the'
legislature, held referendums as to
their abolition or retention and all the
counties except six voted "dry." Since
then about nine counties have voted in i
county dispensaries.
The action of the legislature of 1915
submitted a statewide prohibition law!
.0 a state referendum which resulted
in an election in September, 1915, in
accepting the law. The statewide prohibtion
of the liquor traffic which begins
today is in accordance with that
act and referendum.
REiCEIYER > OIED J
FOR DISPENSARY
Town of Union Claims That City Has
Not Received Proportionate Share
of Profits Now Due.
The State.
Union, Dec. 31.?The city of Union,
through its city attorney, Macbeth
Young, appeared before Judge Sease
at chambers in Spartanburg yesterday
and had a temporary receiver appointed
for the Union county dispensary
and also a temporary writ of injunction
enjoining any person whatsoever
from interfering in any way with the
assets or liabilities of the institution
until a complete audit of its affairs has
been made. Efforts will be made to
have the receivership made permanent.
It is claimed by the town authorities
that they have not received their proportionate
share of the profits now
due and they demand a full investigation.
Thomas McNally has been appointed
temporary receiver and tonight
has charge of t'ne two local dispensaries.
Ideal Place.
"How is the climate out "here?" asked
tie Intending purchaser.
"Great!" exclaimed the real estate
agent. "Finest in the world. "Why, we
haven't had but one death here in the I
last ten years, and that was a doctor j
who died of starvation."?New York:
World. |
GASOLINE SUPPLY GREAT
is IT THE PRICE RISES
j
R(;,;)iis .Show Decrease in Amount o?
Oil Sent Abroad?Figures .Not
Easy to Interpret.
Washington, Dec. 31.?Official gov-'
t-rnment figures made public here to,1;
f n 7 c- n /I tliot in tlio far>o n f rifSITlP'
uaj UlOLlUCtU cucic ill Uiv iuv^v. w*. * ,
I
prices gi' gasoline, production of crude
petroleum during the last year was
greater than in 1914, although produc- j
ion was 'purposely retarded as far
as practicable;" that resin.e stocks of
crude petroleum now being held in the
country are the largest ever recorded,!
and that exports of gasoline, to which
tne rise in prices frequently has been 1
attributed were in the last ten months
of 1915 less than the exports during
the corresponding period of the two]
years previous.
Both the department of justice and
the federal trade commission are pre
paring lo liivesLi3u.Lt; scisoiint; jjh^co. :
A statement issued by the geological
survey estimates the 1915 production
of crude petroleum at 277,400,000
barrels, .2,000 barrels more than in
1914.
I
"This," says the statements, "does
not agree with, the currently reported
I reason for the exceptionally high
'prices now prevailing for motor fuel."
I * n ,1 Ac* '
11 auua .
"As a result of the overload put on
the transporting and refining phases
of the petroleum industry by the excess
output of 1914, the year 1915 may
be characterized as a period of readjustment
in which production activity
was purposely retarded as far as
practicable. The small increase therefore
is more significant than the simple
figures indicate."
Figures that might be expected to
affect the price of gasoline, according
to geological survey officers, are pro
auction, CUll&Urnpuuu auu v*
crude petroleum. Consumption figures,
they said, were not available,
though consumption was increasing.
A low petroleum price level was reported
in April and until August the ]
price remained at $1.35 a barrel for,
the market standard. Then the price i
began to soar and on December 17 petroleum
was selling at $2.15.
Indications now are, says the statement,
that the price will reach $2.50,
its previous high record.
One production fact pointed out by
the survey is that crude petroleum!
stock held in reserve, the largest ever
known, increased 50,000,000 barrels in
1915, and at present more than 220,~
~ ~ * t TTSolrl
UUU.UUV oarreis are ucni's "ciu. x
storage by producers account for 4,000,000
barrels of this.
LAKE CITY SEES
SECOND BIG FIRE j
Loss of Over Fifty Thousand Dollars?Insurance
on Property
Was Small.
The State.
Lake City, Dec. 31.?Fire originat- i
ing at midnight here resulted in a
loss of between $55,000 and $60,000
witn only about $2,000 insurance. It1
was the second destructive fire suffered
by Lake City in one week. Last
Friday morning at 1:30 o'clock fire
broke out, 'claiming a loss of over
$5,000 before it was extinguished.
The fire this morning started from a '
wall of the store of W. T. Hickson,!
1
carrying a grocery line, and before the j
fire engine could be prepared for ac-j
tion the flames had spread to the store
in the same building occupied by G.
L. Salisbury and a pressing club, as
well as two stores on the opposite:
side owned and occupied by J. S. Mc-I
Clam. These stores with their contents
were completely destroyed.
The Hickson and Sansbury stores
were in the same building, owned by1
Charles M. Kelly.
In addition to the losses other firms
suffered damage from water and heat, j
these including the Lake City Drug!
company, R. F. Joyner & Co., Kelly &
Howie and H. M. Xachman.
(T'here had been no fire in the Hick
man store during the day.
>*ot in the Contract.
Recently a colored parry living in
the suburbs of a big city married aj
large brunette named Lucinda, says
the New York Times. Three weeks
later he appeared at the office of a
lawyer looking as if he might have
been -denied with flat-irons and
bumped into by a road roller.
"Can't stand it no longer, boss," he
sadly remarked .to the legal one, "I
wants a divawce from dat Lucinda.
Las' thing she chucked at me was de
stove. Tomorrer it will be de chimbley."
"That's all right, Sam," soothingly
returned the lawyer, seeking to effect
a reconciliation. "Everything will |
come out all right. Besides, you know
you took Lucinda for 'better or for
worse."
"Yes, sah," admitted Sambo. "So I
did, sah, but she is a whole lot wuss
dan I took her for."
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BOOMING HOBSON !
FOR PRESIDENCY |
PROHIBITION LEADEHS MENTION ;
THE CAP\\.
Efforts Will He Made to Have Dry
Pianks in tlie Platform of the
Biir Parlies,
Chicago, Dec. 30.?The name of
Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama, was :
o-rcio.r>cr MiAcf. niontionPrl jsc nr#vsiHpntifl I I
nomime possibilities at a conference,
of Prohibition party leaders summoned
here by the executive committee of the
national committee of that party today, i
The discussion of candidates was in-:
formal. Other names mentioned were
those of J. Frank Hanley, former gov- j
erncr of Indiana; William Sulzer, for-j
mer governor of New York, and Eu-'
gene Foss, forinei governor cf Massa-:
c-husetts. The date for the national
Convention was tentatively set by the
national committee, presided at toat
Minneapolis.
A f o nrAliwirjrjr^ m notin rr nf fT?n />AT1
.txl ex. yx ciiuiinai j ui^vixug \ji. txiV/ \/via
ference last night Frank G. Curtis of
Jamestown, X. Y., said that he "hoped
I Col. Roosevelt would be the candidate
of the Republican party and that ne
would run on a prohibition platform.
Virgil G. Hinsliaw, chairman of tho
' national committee, president at to|
day's conference. He said he believed
; the Prohibition party to be stronger
now than the Progressive party.
"Efforts are to be made," said Mr.
Hinshaw, "to have a prohibition plank
incorporated in bot'n the Democratic
and the Republican party platforms, j
If these efforts fail, and neiiher of the
platforms nas such a plank, there will
be many defections from the old par- ;
* * " v Ji
ties to tne proniDition Danner.
Plans for extending prohibition ter-}
i
| ritory were discussed today.
Finley C. Hendrickson of CumberI
land, iVi.d., said no amendment of the
' constitution was necessary to enforce.
i prohibition.
j "The present laws and the present
j constitution are ample if supported by
a prohibition administration and interpreted
by a supreme court in harmony
with our views," said Mr. Hendrickson.
Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago and i
Dan Poling of Ohio contended that the
best practical plan of obtaining national
prohibition was by means of an
amendment to the federal constitution.
Alice Brady in "The Lure of Woman/'
World Film corporation presents
Alic Brady in a five-part photoplay,
"The Lure of Woman,'' based on Paul
Armstrnnor'o saimessfnl sta,2e Dla'V.
"The Renegade."
Miss Brady has a par: well suited to
her powers and charming appearance j(
on tne screen. This vivacious young
girl made striking successes in "As Ye
Sow," and "The Boss,' and so made a
reputation as a screen star which has 1
endeared her to motion-picture fans :
all over the country.
"ilhe Lure of Woman" is a drama
of Indian and military life which gives 1
Miss Brady a further chance of distin- J
guishing uerself. As Katie O'Day she
attracts tne love of a young officer,
Capt. Lane, to whose hearts a widow 1
lays siege. And as the widow is unscrupulous
she sows enmity between J
Katie and her lor> er. . <
Katie's parents are wealthy ranch- J
*rs, who are attacked by Indians. Capt.
Lane heads the defending force; the ]
ranchers are saved; the Indians routed '
and Katie and her lover are made :
nappy.
A renegade Indian is the villain of
the piece. This part is in the hands
of George Ralph, who makes of the
character a powerfully outstanding !
one. iCiaude Flemming plays the part 1
of Capt. Lane.
Replete with exciting ac iuu and ;
powerful incidents of Indian and military
life, "The Lure of Woman" will
be found a thoroughly stirring offering, '
well produced and splendidly acted. :
"The Lure of Woman" will be shown
at the opera house on Tuesday, Jan- 1
uary 4.
?i j
Different Branch of Service. ;
An exhorter at a colored revival in i
your country went from pew to pew
saying: 1
"Jine de army! Yo' must jine de '
army of de Lawd!" i
One man, however, replied to the ]
exhorter: 1
"Ah has jined de army, pawson." 1
"TX7Vi o va' iino '' en M fhp pYhorter i
?T XXCA X \A J V jiuv, v.. v/
"Ah done jined de Baptists." i
"Huh," said the exhorter, "yo' hain't <
in the army den?yo's in the navy.? <
New Orleans States. i
4
Dad "Was On.
Li fattier, in deathlike silence, called
downstairs to his daughter solemnly:
"Hannah, what time is it?" a
A pause, and Hannah answered: ]
"It's just quarter after 10, father." 1
"All right," the father said. "And ;
Hannah, don't forget to start the clock
again after the young man goes out to 1
get his breakfast." ? New Orleans.
States. j
I
IS^down the feed bill am
||||||?P^ Red 5
ty HorseandMule
It's something the horses an
^lll^ aPPet^te?starts the saliva
M||!r Far superior to an all grain
wM$ mules a treat, and at the same
Wm Our RED SHIRT (first grade)
contains Corn, Oats, Ground All
f1" and pure cane molasses, and ana
Protein 109c; Fat 39c; Fib
PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE MOLASSE
$ 12%; Carbohydrates 559<?
IsWAMPfOX HORSE & MULE MOLASSES FEI
f PERFECTION HORSE & MULE FEED &E
^ Protein 12%; Fat 3%; Fibre 12%; Carbol
i grain and ground Alfalfa Meal.
j RED SHIRT ]
^ First Grade: A balance^ ration contaii
^ keeps them in good condition. Increases t
^ at a reduced cost of feeding. Contains i
lj[i Ground Alfalfa, Pure Cane Molasses and
^ Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 60%.
| PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED
4 RED SHIRT HOG FEED
We manufacture also RED SHIRT Scrat<
IK "SEVEN EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH <
Rice, Cottonseed Meal, Cow Peas, M?
;^\\\ Protein 18%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%;
As shown on the bajs in our ad. near!
jNSSvSj. products, even to the bags and twii
^lllll^ *or ^?t8? Corn, Wheat, Alfalfa
We also carry a^^ull
^7/ Onr feeds as shoi
^// /^\ / y YV oR scientific prim
a\ lir Aiiiji \V ^rea^CS^ nourish;
L lie / Molony &
^CHARLE
rr" *r /*mn inn mnTTVT.r WFOlTrDr
inn t*nj&A? latiiiv Luicjitivi,
Gore-Dripping Box Causes Panic on
Station Platform.
Jacob Reiman, station agent at
Wood lawn, of the Harlem division, has
disco e"**d a trunk mystery, according
to the New York Herald. He was
checking up trunks left by a train when
he discovered one from which, blood
was trickling. After che cold chills got
tired chasing each other up and dcw*n
his spine he recovered the use of his
vocal organs and called the Yonkers
nnlirp headatiarters and said to Lieu
tenant Cooper:
"This is the station agent at Woodlawn.
We have a irunk here consigned
to Viola Halliday, Yonkers. There is
hlcod dripping out of one end,' and i
wish you would send a couple of men.
I've lost two negro helpers since it
came. They will not go near .it.."
ine Yonkers policemen found Viola
Halliday to be a mild-mannered negress
who was thrown into a real state
cf confusion by their inquiries about a
mysterious trunk consigned to her
from Lynchburg, Va. She acted sus
piciously, the police tnougnt, .ana wane
3ne man shadowed the house the other
hurried to Woodlawn.
When the trunk was forced open^
there were all the evidences of a
tragedy. The trunk was half filled
with a woman's clothes stained claret.
Lifting the garments one by one, the
iete^tives steeled themselves for the
sight of a dismembered body beneath.
TT^CU - i- Al. a? /] nrn o r? TMQOo nP
WIIa.I LLLCJ' iUUUU r? ao a w
pulp thai at one time had been a colection
of the most luscious tomatoes
*rown in Campbell county, Va.
Fanner-Owned Banks.
One of the writers for the University
Vews Letter, says the Charlotte Observer,
has returned from a trip
through the mountain section and tells
something he learned about the banking
business in that part of the state.
In the three little banks at Blowing
Rock, Boone and Valle Cruces he found
$255,000 in surpluses, undivided profits,
time deposits and open accounts.
Pl-;j farmer- own these banks and this
snug little fortune has been accumulated
out of live stock sales for the
tnosi part. The average is nearly $20
apiece counting men, women and children
in Watauga. It compares very
well with the $14.50 in one of our cotton
and tobacco growing counties.
'But the most striking difference/'
says The News Leetter, "lies in the
fact that in one case the farmers own
the banks and skim the cream of the
bank business; in the other the banks
are owned find operated by the merchants
and tile mill men. The farmers
own little of the capital stock and
still less of the dividends. They do
the 'borrowing, by proxy, through the
time-merchants."
A HorrlDie f inisu.
"Now, Jose," warned the Mexican
mother, "you had better obey me. You
know what happens to bad Mexican
aoys who disobey their mothers, dou't
pou ?"
"What happens to them?" asked lit-]
:le Jose.
"They become presidents when they j
?row up," replied the mother.
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5ESf.eJt cats , ^^rRCflciffiumPRO3/-^
i builds up the stocK. y "^uctumo ??ffl \nv
mONYiURTES'8 SW
>HIRT
;MoussesFeed^H \
d mules like?gives them an
running and aids digestion.
feed. Give your horses and
time save money.
Horse and Mule Molasses Feed
falfa, made appetizing with salt ^?|| .
lyzes as follows: ^ I
re 127c; Carbohydrates 57% I
C rrrn Second Grade ? Analyzes: P*v ?S?S J
? tein 9Yz%: Fat 2%%; Fibre ^ I
.'I) (3rd Grade) This analyzes: Protein 9%;^
_ Fat 2<~b; Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 55%* ^ jjBH
Mixed) Wemannfacture also a dry mixed (no ^
sses) Horse and Male Feed, wh'ch analyzes: f
lydrates 57%. This is composed of straight s f
II A
DAIRY FEED [ |
ling Molasses. Cattle are veiy fond of it?- >
he flow and enriches the quality of the milk ? 1
ground Corn, C. S. Meal, Wheat Middling, * 1
Salt. Analyzes: Protein 15%; Fat 3%; ?
-Analyzes: Protein 12%; Fat 2W7cl Fibre |
Irates 55%. $
of Digestive Tankage, Ground Cora, Rice ^
'fattening. Keeps the hogs in good condition, fa
:h Feed and BED SHIRT Baby Chick Feed.jjjm
'omposed of Ground, Corn, Ground wfjg
)ats, Ground Wheat, Barley, Maize, ^jj|
;at Meal and Linseed Meal. Analysis: ~=s
Carbohydrates 40%.
y all of our feed is made from Carolina
le. We are, therefore, in the market
Hay and any other kind of Haystock
of GRAIN, HAY
STRAW.
vn above are mixed //
:iples to furnish the //
ment at the lowart ff
riOWZI vuu uu^ W JI ir
rices, etc. ^ H
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The RAYO LAMP
SAVES TROUBLE
YOU don't have to
spend the greater
part of'your time
cleaning it?and wondering
why it won't
burn. The Rayo is
simple in construction
and in design. It lights
without removing the
shade and gives the
best sort of light?the
kind that won't hurt
your eyes,
Re&b]
Lamps
Rayo lamps are an ornartWtit ;
to any home. They require I
! very little attention?yet
[ always add to the attractivej
ness of the room.
Tb" Rayo is the symbol
. ot efficiency ? economy ?
convenience.
Use Aladdin Security
Oil or Diamond White
Oil to obtcwi best results
i in Oil Stoves, Lamps and
Heaters.
The Rayo is only one of our
many products that bring comj
fort and economy to the farm.
I Ask for them by name.
Matchless Liquid Gloss
Standard Hand Separator
Oil
Standaid Household
Lubricant
Parowax
Eureka Harness OS
Mica Axle Grease
If your dealer does not carry
these, write to our nearest
station
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Ne*r Jersey) ,
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Norfolk, Va. Charleaton, W. Va.
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